Author: Megameno Shinana
Walvis Bay managers tussle over disciplinary hearing
By: Megameno Shinana There is a fight at the Walvis Bay municipality over who should preside over the disciplinary hearing of two managers who are still being investigated for possible misconduct in light of the mass land servicing project in…
City of Windhoek nominations rocked by drama, pull-outs and rejections …as councilors pull out and reject nominations
By:Megameno Shinana The City of Windhoek (CoW) councilors have managed to catapult NUDO’ Joseph Uapingene to the position of mayor deputised by Swapo’s Magdalena Lombardt. This was, however, after a dramatic pulling out of the nominations list by several other…
SPYL Breathes Fire Over Air Namibia Planes Purchase …ex-employees say they have been kept in the dark
By:Megameno Shinana The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has lashed out at the now defunct Air Namibia’s liquidators for selling off some aircrafts to WestAir while ex-workers of the national airline have bemoaned being kept in the dark about the…
Here Is To A Merry Christmas And A Prosperous 2023
By: Megameno Shinana Christmas is around the corner and just hours away we will embrace 2023 but holly-molly, what a hectic year it has been. Granted, 2022 has not been a pretty year for most of us and the economy…
I wasn’t a lone wolf in a syndicate of corruption: Esau
By: Megameno Shinana Former fisheries and marine resources minister and Fishrot corruption accused, Bernard Esau vehemently denied in court that he was a lone wolf who operated with a syndicate to benefit from Namibia’s fisheries sector. Esau on Tuesday continued…
Disquiet over Geingob’s Qatar World Cup Trip
By: Megameno Shinana President Hage Geingob has drawn strong criticism from several quarters for hastily jetting to Qatar to watch the final FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and France soon after he arrived from a U.S-Africa Leaders’ Summit…
Aupindi, Himarwa Fail To Make It To Politburo
By:Megameno Shinana Tobie Aupindi and Katrina Hanse-Himarwa’s failure to make it into the Swapo party politburo could be a cleansing exercise by delegates to rid the party’s structure of elements whose integrity has been put into question, analysts have reasoned….
NBL Generates N$1.82 Billion From Namibia Sales
By:Megameno Shinana The Namibia Breweries Limited’s (NBL) – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – net revenue increased by 14.1% to N$ 3.021 billionfor the financial year ended 30 June 2022. This growth was predominately a result…
Was Saara Deliberately Sabotaged At Swapo Congress?
By:Megameno Shinana The dramatic comeback of prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Khomas regional governor, Laura Veendapi McLeod-Katjiruaand others in the second round of vote verification and certification after allegations of ballot tampering has seriously cast doubt on the party’s inside processes,…
Nandi-Ndaitwah Likely To Disappoint Feminists: Analyst
By:Megameno Shinana In the event that Namibia finds in newly elected Swapo vice-president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first-ever female president come 2024, chances are that this may not translate into the introduction of feminist-friendly policies at the executive level. This…